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128 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SF

26/01834/TCATrees (Conservation Area)Approved

Approved on 19 August 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1: 3x Sycamore, T2, T3: Ash - Cut back overhanging branches by 2-3m to maintain size.

Received
22 July 2026
Ward
Letchworth South East Ward
Agent
ROBINSON TREE SERVICES LTD
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.16 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 128 Rushby Mead Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1SF. North Hertfordshire has handled 798 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Letchworth South East Ward. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG6 1SF
Application type
Trees (Conservation Area)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026
Consultation expiry
16 August 2026
Consultation end
16 August 2026
Last date for comments
16 August 2026
Target decision date
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ROBINSON TREE SERVICES LTD
Agent address
Beech Farm Coopers Green Lane St. Albans AL4 9HP GB

Planning decision

Case officer
Francis Mabbett
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15102372
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Letchworth
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 Mar

    T2: Norway Spruce - Fell to ground level

    ApprovedTrees (Conservation Area)26/00716/TCA

Source: North Hertfordshire

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